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You may have heard is Sunday.

I'm thrilled to do this because he's a cornerstone of our show during the Bengals season every Tuesday.

He's for the second consecutive here I think he has been crowned King of Radio Row.

He's with Sumer Sports, which is an invaluable resource and one of the authors of these stats and scheme newsletter.

Our guy Sean sayed, how many shows have you been on this week?

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Look, my voice, it's struggling a little bit.

Be a lot, but we'll talk about a.

Lot of different things, of course, saving the best step for you as we get towards the end of media week here.

Beyond that, what is the best show you've been on so far?

Are good question?

I mean the Super Sport show.

Of course, it's actually been It's been.

Really fun to talk to some of the players, have them come on.

I actually really like no I'll tell you the Irish NFL show.

Yes, a ton of fun.

They were really well prepared.

They asked some great questions.

We had a really good conversation about some stuff.

I've been lucky enough to be a guest on their show.

I don't know why they asked, but those guys, as we say, no ball and I've I've watched them and I've seen that they're at radio rows, so so good for them.

What about let's talk about both these teams from a Bengals perspective, which you're kind enough to do with me every single week during the season.

Let's start with New England.

Schematically, as a Bengals fan, what can I learn from what the Patriots.

Do to me?

Their safeties I think are pretty flexible where they're playing a little bit, you know, downhill sometimes on these inbreaking routes.

That's been a really good way to do it.

And I think they change things up overall just so much like they are and they have a different approach to to see offering.

The pitchers are a little bit more aggressive.

It feels like when you bring in that big money free agent and a guy like Nolan Williams be able to change some things for your defense.

Even though no I ended up missing a bunch of the season as he was injured, still thinks like we are building this thing really through that defensive line.

Now from a Seattle perspective, Now, the.

Seahawk's perspective is kind of similar but also very fine to where their defensive line less than it unlocks everything.

They're happy to just have four defensive linemen on the field.

They can stop the run that way, they can rush the passer that way.

It just makes us feel like, all right, got to keep on drafting the defensive lineman.

Even though of course we're gonna have situations like that angles have had in the past where not everything's gonna feel.

Like it hit.

It just always feels like that's kind of a safe way to start building your team.

Can I run a couple of takes past, you'll fly though.

Here's what I love most about the Patriots this season.

All eleven of their draft choices wore a uniform this year.

All eleven played Mister irrelevant has played in a playoff game.

Now, some of them less than others, but like you know, in a day and age where you've got to get instant return on your draft picks.

We've talked a lot about the Bengals inability to get instant return from their draft choices.

The Patriots have done that in spades.

That's Bengals won't have eleven picks next season.

That's a goal.

And I know folks are going to say, well, wait a minute, all the Bengals draft choices at some point played this year.

All eleven Patriots picks played for a team that's in the super Bowl.

That's what I want next season.

It's such a good thing to have where look, we know it's a salary cap the league, right, so any sort of Costen Gould talent that you have, it makes things so much easier where it allows you to take some home run swings at different positions.

So unfortunately, I.

Mean, you know, some teams will built through free agency, but you have to have to have to be able to find a way to build through the draft to get some of those starters.

I keep thinking about the Bengals defense, right, of course you'd like to continue to build along the offensive line, but well, next year, we've got to be able to talk about some of these bangles draftfcks.

That is starting on the defensive side of the wall.

All right, I'm going to give you another one here.

Right with Seattle, I see a team that did something that in real time was difficult.

Right they were willing to move on from Russell Wilson.

That move is paid dividends if you look at who they got for the picks they acquired from them, DK Metcalf moving on from him.

Not quite apples to apples, but still difficult.

New England moves on from a coach who's like a franchise legend after just one year because there's a better option available.

Sometimes you got to do what's difficult.

Sometimes you got to do what's unpopular.

There are times, not all the time, but there are times where I've wanted about the Bengals willingness to do that.

I mean, at this point, is Zach Taylor one of the like the most tenured head coaches in the entire NFL.

I is almost a wild thing to think about, But I do agree with you where look, sometimes it's a different both see you need.

Sometimes it's a game management type situation.

With Seattle, of course, like McDonald, it's a home run at the offensive coordinator spot.

That's going to be an important thing end with the brabell as well, you have a guy who has that built in offensive coordinator where you probably feel like, hey, this guy's most likely not going to go ahead and be found a head coach.

So I agree with you where a lot of times it is that tough decision and it's scared because nine wins and being near the playoffs is a really nice thing if feel consistent about.

But sometimes you just got to break that bank.

You got to make that big decision and move on to your head coach.

Are you ready for one more?

Absolutely?

I wish I had a time machine.

I wish I had a time machine for a lot of different reasons, but I wish I had a time machine because this time last year when I was screaming for the Bengals to sign Milton Williams, they didn't and they should have.

So if we go back in time they can it would be nice.

You know, I think maybe we get that top machine.

I'm sure, yes, there are some other things perhaps that we would both be interested in texting, but I do think, yes, like you are, it's a rare situation because and to be clear, Bil Williams didn't get got injured this year, missed a bunch of time, but still in the playoffs, he's able to really emerge and continue to play the way that he did as as the law dumping evil and it is a rare thing for a high level pass rushing type player to hit the open market.

It is just too hard now these days where teams.

Are a little bit smarter.

I think front office members understand, hey, we can't let these guys get frequency.

We want to kind of sign that maybe a year early, maybe even two years early at some times when you extend them.

So it would have been nice.

No, certainly thinking makes your linebackers like these Yer, there's so many wonderful effects to when you have a high quality defensive Live have.

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Sean one of the authors of these stats and scheme newsletter.

Have you started to dive into the draft yet?

No, so I have not done.

I will say sumer sports has our draft guide for this upcome year.

I believe it's.

Already live on summer sports dot com.

So it has all the advanced data for all of the top however many consensus big Board picks.

It's going to be a real fun one where you're going to give a look at that information.

I'm excited.

How to follow that through with some of the film this off season?

Are you allowed to tell me who you think is going to win the game on Sunday?

Yeah, I'm mean up boring.

I think it's going to be this the off Do you think it's apt to win the game at three points?

Stuff?

So I feel like the Patriots are going to be able to keep it close in a few different ways where I think the Patriots defensive line and create some issues for that center, that right guard for the seaoffs.

I could see it be a situation where you know, even when you have a guy like Jasn who is really unguardable, I can see a little bit of a defensive slug best going anster this game?

Well said, how many more shows do you have to do?

However many today?

Tell me?

Is that for many?

I've left you too?

Wow?

All right, the star of Radio Row, who's the most famous person you've seen at Radio Row?

That's a good question that see, I mean all the players those are big ones usually uh like on Friday and like you start to see the guy like the rock and then there's no movie.

Starts kind to run around of here as well.

Yeah, well there's no bigger star than you.

And thank you for carving out some time for his suomer Sports dot Com check out Sumer Live.

You're the best man.

Thanks so much, Oh, thanks so much.

Appreciate you.

That's our guy, Sean say of the star, I've said that Radio Row is the set his place on Earth, and it is, but Sean sayed, who is awesome and we love having him on the show and brings a level of enthusiasm that is unfortunately exceedingly rare.

The fact that he has been the breakout star of Radio Row and I look on social media and he's doing different shows.

We're going to get to a point where he's too big for us, but we're not there yet.

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